Caterina in the Big City

Caterina in the Big City

Sometimes you just want to fit in... or not.

2003•1h 45m•6.5/10

ComedyDrama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.5/10(265)

When her social-climbing father is relocated from a one-horse town to his native Rome, 12-year-old Caterina enrolls in his old school, finding herself adrift in an environment where eighth-graders form friendships based on social class and their parents' political affiliations.

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Production

Cattleya, RAI Cinema

Language

IT

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Sergio Castellitto

Sergio Castellitto

Giancarlo Iacovoni

Margherita Buy

Margherita Buy

Agata Iacovoni

Alice Teghil

Alice Teghil

Caterina Iacovoni

Federica Sbrenna

Federica Sbrenna

Daniela Germano

Margherita Mazzola

Martina

Carolina Iaquaniello

Margherita Rossi Chaillet

Martina Tasquetta

Alessia

Galatea Ranzi

Galatea Ranzi

Livia, Margherita's mother

Silvio Vannucci

Silvio Vannucci

Fabietto Cruciani

Alessandra Celi

Alessandra Celi

Mrs. Germano

Pasquale Anselmo

Pasquale Anselmo

Riccardo

Luisella Boni

Luisella Boni

Andreina, Gianfilippo's mother

Paola Tiziana Cruciani

Paola Tiziana Cruciani

Aunt Marisa

Raffaella Lebboroni

Raffaella Lebboroni

Livia's friend

Flavio Bucci

Flavio Bucci

Lorenzo Rossi Chaillet

Claudio Amendola

Claudio Amendola

Manlio Germano

Maurizio Costanzo

Maurizio Costanzo

Self

Simonetta Martone

Simonetta Martone

Self

Michele Placido

Michele Placido

Self

Roberto Benigni

Roberto Benigni

Self

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